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Originally Posted by Rekna
Hillary won the popular vote but Obama won the delegate count and will get 13 delegates to Hillary's 12. For committed delegates Obama leads by 2. I hardly think he is worryng about being knocked out. Also he is likely to win South Carolina.
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And Hillary is winning the total delegate count by 87. This was discussed earlier, but if you disagree I'd like to hear why. The number of super-delegates going to Hillary means that Obama picking up one or two more delegates every other primary is not going to cut it. Moreover, the 'surprising' wins and general momentum from primary and caucus victories will play a much larger roll in the eventual winner of the democratic primary than any one or two delegates.
On a general note, I have to say that caucuses are screwed up! This isn't just because I'm a Hillary supporter and don't think its right for someone who wins by 6% of the vote in a statewide primary to get less delegates. The same thing happened to Obama in Iowa where he beat Hillary by 9% and only got one more committed delegate than her. Caucuses just don't adequately represent the voters of their respective states nor do they serve as effective indicators for the national election. Probably worst of all is that they are rife with potential corruption and usually just gloss over the smoky back room politics going on that state to boot.